Buzzy Irish Titles at Cannes

The Canal
Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Production company: Park Films
Cast: Rupert Evans, Antonia Campbell Hughes, Hannah Hoekstra
Logline: Thriller that relates the sinister history of a home where a murder had taken place at the turn of the century.
Status: Completed. Premiered at Tribeca. Will be selling at Cannes.

Queen and Country
Director: John Boorman
Production company: Merlin Film Prods.
Sales agent: Le Pacte
Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Callum Turner, David Thewlis, Richard E. Grant, Sinead Cusack
Logline: In 1952, an 18-year-old’s idyllic life is shattered by the harsh realities of boot camp in the British Army.
Status: Completed. Directors’ Fortnight

Let Us Prey
Director: Brian O’Malley
Production company: Fantastic Films
Sales agent: AV Pictures
Cast: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh
Logline: An enigmatic stranger detained in the cells of a remote police station takes over the minds of police officers and his fellow inmates.
Status: Completed. Won major award at Fantastic Film Fest. Selling in Cannes market.

Patrick’s Day
Director: Terry McMahon
Production company: Ignition Film Prods.
Cast: Kerry Fox, Moe Dunford, Philip Jackson
Logline: Patrick is a 26-year-old virgin and schizophrenic. But he is no threat to anybody until he falls in love.
Status: Completed. World premiered at SXSW.

The Legend of Longwood
Director: Lisa Mulcahy
Production company: Grand Pictures
Sales agent: Global Screen
Cast: Lucy Morton, Fiona Glascott, Thekla Reuten, Miriam Margolyes
Logline: A girl from New York City is dragged to a remote corner of Ireland, where her destiny is to free inhabitants from the curse of a Black Knight seeking redemption.
Status: Post production